Comments on: Axiom awards construction contract for building Houston space station factory https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/axiom-awards-construction-contract-for-building-houston-space-station-factory/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Patrick Underwood https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/axiom-awards-construction-contract-for-building-houston-space-station-factory/#comment-1279495 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:10:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=82057#comment-1279495 Certainly some element of that, but there are legitimate logistical reasons as well. Having local access to the world’s premiere space station engineers and operators makes sense.

Fly your execs and engineers across country for every critical meeting; or ship a module on a coastal barge every year or two, starting in, what, 2026 or so?

]]> By: Calvin Dodge https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/axiom-awards-construction-contract-for-building-houston-space-station-factory/#comment-1279198 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:28:32 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=82057#comment-1279198 There are mockups of ISS modules at NASA Houston. Perhaps building modules there makes it easier to physically check interfaces?

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